William s



(no Model.) W. S. WILLIAMS. SULK'Y WIRE STRETGHER.

Patented May '2, 1893.

.' I awe/who:

wi/bneooeo (il -9M2. Q7 2141,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. WILLIAMS, OF WHITESVILLE, MISSOURI. I

SULKY WIRE-STRETCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 496,762, dated May 2, 1893.

Application filed November 1'7, 1892.. Serial No. 452,282- (No model.) t

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whitesville, in the county of Andrew and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sulky Wire- Stretchers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to machines for stretching barbed or other wire, and my object is to provide a machine that will do away with the inconvenience and discomfort of handling the wire and that will stretch it more rapidly and with greater stress than can now be done by hand or any other machine.

My invention is also adapted to use when wire fences are being torn down or removed, lass the wire is easily and rapidly gathered up y it. i i

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention and Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the handstretcher carrying the side arm and top levers used in said machine.

Similar letters referto similar partsthroughout both views.

The frame or body A is mounted upon the axle of wheels B B which axle is arranged to operate in boxes under the rear portion of the frame, or, it may be journaled in the side pieces of the frame, and thus be made to serve as the rear end of said frame A. Slots in the two upright standards 0 O serve as journal boxes for the axle E on which, spool O and washers D are adapted to fit, so as to revolve therewith. The spool O is similar to that on which fence-wire is sold, the heads being composed of two cross piecesof plank, andthe body of four pieces of timber the ends of which are rigidly secured to the aforesaid heads. The washers are made of pieces of plank, like those composing the spool-heads. The body of the shaft E supporting the spool and shaft; and make them revolve therewith when in operation. On the outside'of the frame, but attached to one end of shaft E, is a large cogged wheel F.

R is a shaft revolving in journals fitted in oblique braces T T.

H is a small cogged wheel rigidly fastened to shaft R which transfers power to wheel F and thus to the spool C. The power is applied to the shaft R by detachable handle P. This handle P may be fitted over either end of shaft R which shaft also carries ratchet wheel I.

K is a detachable hand stretcher carrying the side arm lever L, which acts by means of rod M and top lever N as a brake on shaft R and is used for the purpose of preventing the too rapid paying out of the wire.

S is a strap having an offset at its center to fit over hand lever K. The strap S has one of' its ends secured to the front of the frame A, by means of a staple, the opposite end of the strap being fastened, when necessary to secure the hand-stretcher K, by an ordinary hook and eye.

In use, an end of the wire coiled on spoolO is fastened to the first post; the stretcher is then run forward any desired distance, the I pawl being lifted from ratchet wheel I, and hand stretcher K being used to regulate the amount of slack wire. The wire stretcher is then securely fastened to a post by a chain, and the wire is stretched by turning handle P and thus revolving spool O, and attached to the posts along which it has been drawn.

When a corner is reached, or some point inaccessible to the stretcher, hand stretcher K may be detached from the machine and the wire placed in slit U, being kept from slipping by the barbs on the wire or by wrapping it around the end of the hand stretcher; the

stretcher is then placed against a post andrevolved around it, acting after the manner of a Spanish Windlass.

the upright standards over the axle; lift shaft E out; withdraw from shaft E the pin which holds washer D against spool O, and draw washerD and spool 0 off shaft E and place a new coil thereon.

My machine is preferably constructed of iron.

What I claim as my invention, and for which I ask Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sulky wire stretcher the combination of the vehicle with a spool-shaft receivin g power through detachable handle P, shaft R, cogged wheels II and F and shaft E, and with hand lever K, having rod M and levers L and N, to regulate power; substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination in a Wheeled wire- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

C. MORTON AYRES, 'EMMA I'IECKEL. 

